Better blueberry harvest predicted
With this season’s harvest comes a more optimistic outlook compared to the difficult season that plagued last year, which was caused in part by drought conditions the state has experienced for the last five years.
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Winter Harbor Police Log Week of July 22
WINTER HARBOR — Sgt. Philip Sargent assisted Winter Harbor Fire/EMS July 6 with a call to assist an 84-year-old man who was breathing but unresponsive on Newman Street. After the man was assessed by fire/EMS personnel, he was transported by Schoodic Ambulance to Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital in Ellsworth. Keeping the peace Sargent responded …
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Ellsworth Police Log Week of July 22
ELLSWORTH — A man involved in a July 16 High Street accident near the Myrick Street and Kingsland Crossing intersection told police the driver of the car he struck approached him allegedly wanting to fight. Dylan Sieber, 49, of Ellsworth struck a 1995 Saturn driven by Joseph Richartz, 23, of Hancock after Richartz allegedly stopped …
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City Council still fine-tuning fire prevention ordinance
The City Council took no action on amending its fire prevention ordinance July 19 despite recommendations submitted by Fire Chief Scott Guillerault that would exempt minor subdivisions from installing fire prevention measures if specific criteria were met.
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Clammy weather doesn’t deter clam tasting
Some 75 people turned out for the Shellfish Committee and Schoodic Institute’s “Gouldsboro Community Clam Tasting” held late Monday afternoon at the Prospect Harbor village green.
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State picks preferred spot for offshore wind research array
State officials have identified their ideal location for what would be the first offshore wind research area in the country.
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Commissioners talk federal funding usage
Grants from the county of Hancock to nonprofit organizations affected by COVID-19 could be in local coffers sooner rather than later.
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New MRI building makes it to hospital campus
BAR HARBOR — Last week, nearly minute by minute, area residents tracked the last 45 miles of a 1,400-mile trip to bring a 200,000-pound building to Mount Desert Island Hospital. Those last 45 miles took nearly 10 hours to complete, but when the driver, Mike Saxton of Trans-United Trucking, reached his destination, much to his …
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Council hears from all sides on Green Lake house float issue
A floating party house or a place for family recreation on a summer’s day? Green Lake residents upset over the presence of a home-built house float anchored close to shore filled the council chambers for a workshop on the issue on July 15. The owners of the house float, Terry Pinkham and Jason Spinney, told councilors that it was used for family recreation, and they had moved it to a new location.
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Friends, family help WWII vet buy back home
Ninety-seven-year-old Joseph Comeau had his castle and his joy restored when City Council members unanimously accepted $6,700 on July 19 for all back taxes and penalties owed to the city, which had foreclosed on the Bangor Road property in 1994. Owed was approximately $14,000.
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Driver identified in fatal Deer Isle crash
DEER ISLE — A motorist, who died in a single-vehicle crash on Little Deer Isle Road July 12 has been identified as Joseph Perreault of Jonesport, the Maine State Police reported Monday. Perreault, 28, was driving onto Little Deer Isle from the Deer Isle Bridge just before his vehicle crashed into a monument near the …
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Union River Art & Frame is under new ownership
New owners Holly and Daniel Green bought the business after Holly walked in and asked former owner Tammie Anderson if she was interested in selling. The answer was yes.
